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<blockquote data-quote="John DiNicola" data-source="post: 100888" data-attributes="member: 2061"><p>Re: strange or not strange!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333233">When playing tracks into the X32 through the XUF card, the gain knob becomes a digital trim of +/- 18dB (+/- 12 dB previous to Firmware 1.15). Quite often you will not need to adjust this, but it is helpful if you have a very hot signal that needs to be backed down a bit. One example is when you are using the XUF card for playback of mastered songs from iTunes or the like. Sometimes without a few dB of trim these signals come into the X32 a bit hot. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333233"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333233">What you cannot change is the original signal being played into the console. So, if there is clipping in the original recorded signal and you apply digital trim so that your input meter is not clipping, the original distortion/clipping from the source will still be present. The trim allows you to adjust gain structure so that if you are playing back 32 tracks and some are much lower in level then others, you can bring everyone to a level playing field before the signals hit the channel strips. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333233"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333233">When multitrack recording with the XUF card, the signals are recorded "pre" channel strip, just after the mic preamps and A/D conversion. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333233">As long as you assign each track in Tracktion to its' own output and you change the inputs on the X32's "home" page of the ROUTING menu to Card 1-8, Card 9-16, etc. you can go ahead and mix with the channel strips as if you were doing so live. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333233"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333233">If you are not experiencing any difficulties with playback / recording (audible clicks/pops or stops in playback/recording) then you need not worry about it. If you are having issues, try increasing these levels some until the problems subside. There is no "right" setting, as it will depend on how fast your computer is, how many tracks you are using, which DAW program, etc. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John DiNicola, post: 100888, member: 2061"] Re: strange or not strange! [COLOR=#333233]When playing tracks into the X32 through the XUF card, the gain knob becomes a digital trim of +/- 18dB (+/- 12 dB previous to Firmware 1.15). Quite often you will not need to adjust this, but it is helpful if you have a very hot signal that needs to be backed down a bit. One example is when you are using the XUF card for playback of mastered songs from iTunes or the like. Sometimes without a few dB of trim these signals come into the X32 a bit hot. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#333233]What you cannot change is the original signal being played into the console. So, if there is clipping in the original recorded signal and you apply digital trim so that your input meter is not clipping, the original distortion/clipping from the source will still be present. The trim allows you to adjust gain structure so that if you are playing back 32 tracks and some are much lower in level then others, you can bring everyone to a level playing field before the signals hit the channel strips. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#333233]When multitrack recording with the XUF card, the signals are recorded "pre" channel strip, just after the mic preamps and A/D conversion. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#333233]As long as you assign each track in Tracktion to its' own output and you change the inputs on the X32's "home" page of the ROUTING menu to Card 1-8, Card 9-16, etc. you can go ahead and mix with the channel strips as if you were doing so live. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#333233]If you are not experiencing any difficulties with playback / recording (audible clicks/pops or stops in playback/recording) then you need not worry about it. If you are having issues, try increasing these levels some until the problems subside. There is no "right" setting, as it will depend on how fast your computer is, how many tracks you are using, which DAW program, etc. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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